An Inventory of the Scott Adams Papers at the American Library Association Archives.



Overview of the Collection

Creator: Scott Adams
Title: Scott Adams Papers
Dates: 1920-1981
Abstract: Papers of Scott Adams (1909-82), president of American Documentation Institute (1954-55) and Medical Library Association (1967-68); secretary, chairman and member of professional councils, committees, conferences and groups concerned with acquisitions; indexing; medical librarianship; foreign library resources; and international information policies, services and transfer.
Volume: 13 cubic feet.
Record Series Number:/97//1/

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Papers of Scott Adams (1909-82), president of American Documentation Institute (1954-55) and Medical Library Association (1967-68); secretary, chairman and member of professional councils, committees, conferences and groups concerned with acquisitions; indexing; medical librarianship; foreign library resources; and international information policies, services and transfer. Adams graduated from Yale (1930) and Columbia Library School (1940) and was a librarian at Columbia (1940-42), Providence Public Library (1943-45) Army Medical Library (1945-50), National Institutes of Health (1950-59), and National Library of Medicine (1960-70) and Director of the University of Louisville Center for International Education (1973-75). He served as consultant, program specialist and reporter for international conferences about scientific information programs.


Arrangement

By type of record and chronological thereunder


Restrictions

Restrictions on Access and Use

None, the collection is open to the public.


Subject Terms

The subject headings used by the University of Illinois Archives were developed by University of Illinois Archivist Maynard Brichford and University Archivist Bill Maher. They are specific to this institution
Organizations:
Medical Libraries Association
Pan-American Health Organization
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Places:
Louisville, University of
National Library of Medicine
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-Libraries
Yale University
Subjects:
Indexing
Medical Libraries
Universal System for Information in Science and Technology (UNISIST)
Occupations:
Information Science
Functions:
Scientific Organization Programs
Titles:
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS)


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Scott Adams Papers, 97/1/32, American Library Association


Detailed Description/Box and Folder Listing

Personal Papers and Correspondence, 1920-81 . Box 1 - 6